Sorry for the quiet

I have been readjusting to being a working stiff again (though that doesn’t explain why I was so quiet when I was on the dole) and haven’t been keeping up with news very much. I read an interesting (older) article …

Finally! A start date!

After almost exactly 3 months on the dole and almost a month since I signed on the dotted line, I finally have a start date. The agency is nothing if not inefficient and cumbersome! They canceled my badge because I …

HFT

A nice explanation for how high frequency trading makes its outsized gains:

Trading in Milliseconds: When Correlations Break Down
http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/trading-in-milliseconds-when-correlations-break-down/

In the comments (most of the comments on his blog are intelligent) is another nice analogy:

http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/trading-in-milliseconds-when-correlations-break-down/#comment-2146150:

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Towel tossing

I have been unable to get any interest in my DNA sequencing project (beyond the one lonely investor who offered to help pay for the patent application). It is quite frustrating to be in the situation where just a little …

Dearth

For a dramatic change of pace, I have actually been busy at work lately. Even enjoying myself and feeling like a real programmer again! I actually worked an hour late yesterday because I was on a roll and didn’t want …